Team L&M With the aim of making the audio experience accessible to even more listeners, Audible (an Amazon company and a leading global provider of spoken-word entertainment) has launched over 100 audiobooks completely free of cost on Alexa, which can be accessed on the Amazon Echo and Fire TV range and other Alexa built-in devices. […]Read More
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Team L&M Delhi: A Soliloquy by M Mukundan, translated from the Malayalam by Fathima EV and Nandakumar K, has been adjudged the winner of the Rs 25 lakh JCB Prize for Literature. The winner was announced by Lord Bamford, Chairman, JCB in a hybrid awards ceremony. The novel is a narrative of epic proportions and […]Read More
Rajkumari Sharma Tankha Economist and author, Uday Singh, has come out with his second book Inconspicuously Human that talks about not so obvious things – some that drive us and make us tick and some that limit us and make up stop. A non-fiction, it sheds light on to what constrains people; what motivates them; […]Read More
Rajkumari Sharma Tankha Literature and art always fascinated her. An avid reader since her early childhood, she contributed stories and poems in various publications. But her life path was chartered by her father who wanted her to become a doctor and serve rural areas where access to medicare was scarce. So, rather than going the […]Read More
Sukriti Tankha The Pilani Pioneers by Gaurav Mandlecha and Durjai Sethi (Pan Macmillan) profiles 25 accomplished BITS Pilani graduates who have made great strides in the business arena all the while managing their personal lives deftly. Their tales of passion and perseverance tell us what all it takes achieve success in business. Included in the […]Read More
Team L&M Noted author Amitav Ghosh’s new book The Nutmeg’s Curse: Parables for a Planet in Crisis, released yesterday talks about how colonialism has impacted the world, and still does, through the story of the nutmeg. The author discusses humble nutmeg’s (Nutmeg is called Jaiphal in India) journey from its native Banda islands, the volcanic […]Read More
Sukriti Tankha Delhi In the months leading up to Independence, Jawaharlal Nehru and Vallabhbhai Patel are engaged in hectic deliberations with British Viceroy Louis Mountbatten over the fate of the country. Lady Edwina on the other hand is tensed over the unseasonal blooming of Laburnums – she links it with imminent death. Lahore Sepoy Malik […]Read More
Team L&M The 2021 shortlist for the JCB Prize for Literature was announced early today by Mita Kapur, Literary Director of the Prize. The list includes Anti-Clock by V.J. James, translated from the Malayalam by Ministhy S. (Penguin Random House India, 2021), Name Place Animal Thing by Daribha Lyndem (Zubaan Publishers Pvt. Ltd., 2021), The […]Read More
Sukriti Tankha What do you expect to happen when a graduate in Psychology with an MBA in Human Resources, a 62-year-old retired chemical engineer and a 57-year-old homemaker join hands? Something extraordinary, Right! Well, that’s what actually happened. The trio is running India’s first and one-of-a-kind WhatsApp-based book and toy store for kids aged 0 […]Read More
Team L&M As pandemic took a toll on theatre and drama performances, both artistes as well as the audience were missing the good old days of live shows. In a bid to bridge this gap, Audiobook and ebook streaming app Storytel has come up with audiobooks on plays. A play through an audiobook will give […]Read More